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SMOKIrNC MOTIVATION - PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES
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15.10.1976
AUTHOR: R.E. Thornton
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Group Research & Development Cent=e,
Bricish-&mericam Tobacco Co. Ltd.,
SOUTHA/~PTON.
15ch October 1976
SHOK3~GMOTTV&TTON - PS~CHOLOGTCAL STUDXgS
(Report No. RD.1405 Keatricted)
stn~4&RY
Dr. M. Oldman CExperimencal Psycholosist, Southampton UnLversicy),
consultant to Group K. & D. Centre on PsychoLo&7, was as~cBd to review
psychologically-oriented studies cerr£ed out at Group R. & D. Centre
vfchin the laac three years, and co make zecommendations for the future.
Ocher than a short int~oduction~ chi8 report i8 Dr. O~dmant8
independent review of this area of work.
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INTRODUCTION
A series of related research projects, covering the interaction of
smoke and the smoker, ere currently being investisated at the Group
R. & D. Centre. These studies include the •re~s:
(s) how smokers smoke
(b) why smokers smoke
end (c) the effects of smok£ng.
A series of reports (I-6) describes projects completed so far.
In addition Croup R. & D. Centre has been £nvolved &n some product
preference studies (Project "WHEAT") and these ha~e been reported (7, 8).
All of these s~udles have involved the acquisition o~'da~a on the
behaviour of individual smokers and, in order to understand the very
complex relationship between smokers and cilaretCes, it was thousht
necessary to conslder psycholos~cal aspects of this /~teraction.
Dr. M. 01dman, an experimental psycholoKisc tm the Institute o£
Sound and Vibration Ks•earth, Southmmpton University, U.K.. was appointed
consultant Psychologist ~o Group R. & D. Centre in January 1974 and
since that time has advised on • number of projects.
As ic is now some 2t years since psychololtcal Aspects of smoking
were first introduced into the progr~e Dr. Oldman was •sked, in l4my
1976, co review the progress made to dace end to make rec~ndetions
£or future studies.
No conscralnts were placed on the form or content of thfs review,
other than the requirement for • formal report. This report should
therefore be read as Dr. 01dman's personal views on the future of
psycholoeic•l studies at Group R. & D. Centre. However, it should be
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noted that Dr. Oldman is not aware of the explicit objectives of research
in Group R. & D. Centre, beyond that which he can deduce from the pro~acts
he is asked to advise on.
The implementation or otherwise of the reco--eendations will therefore
be influenced by their relevance Co the objectives of research at Group
R. & D. Centre, toBather with budsetary and other considerations.
REFERENCES IN B-K.T. ZNTRODUCTION
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B-A.T. Report No. KD.II46-R, 3.10.74.
B-A.T. Report No. ED.II59-R, 5.12.74.
B-A.T. Report No. RD.II64-R, ~2.12.74.
B-A.T. Report No. KD.1225-R, ~5.8.75.
B-A.T. Report No. ED.1226-R, 15.8.75.
B-A.T. Report No. RD.1374 Restricted, 27.5.76.
B--A.T. Report No. KD.1229-R, 10.7.75.
B-A.T. Report No. RD.1332 Restricted, 30.1.76.
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Dr. N. Old, an,
Institu~o of Sound aud VibratLou Lonaarcb,
The Un£varsity,
SOUTHAKPTON.
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1. INTKODUCTZON
This report presents a review of that research undertaken at
B-A.T. Group Research &~velopment Centre which has involved the
application of, broadly defined, psycholoEical theory and procedures
in attempts to more fully understand the interaction between smoking
and the smoker, his motlvation, and product preference behaviour. In
anticipation of the development of several "psychological" research
progra~nes, the author was appointed consultant psycholo$ist to Group
R. & D. Centre in January 1974, and has advised on, and parClcipated in,
most of the actLvities which form the material of this report. Insofar
as it is possible to survey impartially both the tangfblr and less
obvious products of this area of research, it is the present intention
to critically examine the development and products of these endeavours
to form a basis from whlch the value of any future developments may be
assessed.
For the purpose of this report, research activities have been
Srouped under five header studies of individual differences;
psychomotor and performance studies; product perception studies;
product preference research; and electroancephaloL-raphic (KEG) research.
These somewhat arbitrary divisions do not necessarily conform to the
perceived structure of zesearchwithin Group E. & D. Centre, nor are
the operational boundaries so clear cut; but for ease of compilation and
presentation such a division is pragmatic and, hopefully, clear.
The five subject heads refer to research activities in various
stakes of evolutionwltb differinS developmental histories. Whether
or not the follovins assumptions accurately reflect actual intentions
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for these progran~es, it is necessary for the purposes of this report to
define their perceived status at the time of writing. Thus it is assumed
cha: both the product preference and EEG researches are continuing and
tha: the product perception and psychomotor and performance scudles are
being held in abeyance. As an independent activity personality studies
are assumed to have been halted, although an implicit relevance attaches
to the employment of personality questionnaires in the continuing EEG
s cudies.
Following a brief review of these researches, this report attempts
to identify and assess Che potential future development of psychological
studies in smoking behaviour 8c Group R. & D. Centre, and "~ncludas an
analysis of both the Seneral and ~ocal limitations which can be
anticipated, concluding with a smmary of racouaendations.
It is not possible to under~ake such an assessment without regard
to the organizational structure and environment in which the work has
been, or will be, carried ouc. The couments relating Co this wider
analysis may be found provocative; this is intentional and reflects
• privilege assumed by the author who nevertheless readily acknowledges
the 14m;cations attaching to his particular perspective.
2. THE KESEAICH REVIEW
2.1 Studies of Zndividual Diffarencms
Within the raamarch pro~rsmm designed to elucidate the nature
of the interaction between smoking and the smoker, a variety of seZf-
report instruments have bean administered to variou~ samples of subjects
participating in the e~perimants. These questionnaires divide into two
broad classes: Chose, ~ike the McKennell (1) and the Russell (2)
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instruments, which deal speclfic•llyw~th smokinK behav~our, end those,
like the Eysenck Personality Inventory (3) and the 16 Personality Factor
Questionnaire (&), ~d~ich are Ken•tel inscrtw~nts for assessinK fundamental
personality traits and not re,stinK to specific behaviouzs such as
smoking. Data from both classes of questiounalre has been acquired at
several points in time, depending upon the specific requirements of the
study in hand. ~ilst the smoking-specific approaches have found particular
application in the smokinK preference research, the personelit7
questionnaires have been applied exclusively in the smokinK motivation
proBranne. Because they have had • sr~ater tn£1uence on the product
preference investisations, discussion of the smokinFspe~ific questionnaires
will be contsinedwLthin that late= section.
With reKard to the swokinKmotiv•tlon proirn, •ncoureKedb~ the
findings of others (5) that smokers and non-smokers have been distinguished
in teras of personality structure as revealed by self-report, it was
decided to incorporate some assessment of personality differences between
subjects in an attempt to establish the existence of trait structures
statistically associated wlth smoking behaviour. Following his comprehensive
review o£ the literature, Smith (6) concluded that 8~kers are more
extraverted than non-smokers. Xndeed, twenty-t~o of the twanty-f£ve
analyses revi~ed showed swok~rs to be sisnificantly more axt~raverted than
non-smokers and no study revi~ed reported the oppos£te flndins. Faith
in the valldity of this conclusion wss strqthened by the observation
that, overall, widely differing instruments had been employed in the
twenty-five studies cited and yet a virtual uniformity of result emerged.
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Of the several personality questionnaires available which claim
Co measure extraverslon, those derived by Eysenck (3) and by Cattei1 and
Eber (4) were selected for evaluation m~d subsequent application.
The EPI provides a subject datum on each of two d~nsions o£ personality,
whereas the 18PFQ locates a subject on sixteen independent dimensions from
which data his extraverslon "score" can be derived. The application of
these instruments has not, however, been restricted to a consideration
o£ the extraversion trait.
The £irst major application of these questionnaires was contained
in a series 0£ experiments entitled "The Interaction of Smoke and the
Smoker" (7), the results of which were subsequently reported (8, 9). For
this experiment, thirty male and thirty female subjects were recruited
and each completed the EPI (Form A) and the 16 PFQ (Form A). Half of each
sex group vats smokers and half were non-smokers. Of the t~eenty personality
factors investigated, several reliably diatinsuished between men and women
but none differentiated smokers gram non-smokers when single factor
comparative analyses were undertaken. Subsequent analyses (9), incorporating
data on a £urther twenty-~hree subjects, and usinE a multivariate analysis
procedure, revealed that ic was possible to correctly assign 96Z o£ male
smokers in the sample to the "smoker,' category and 8IX of the male
non-smokers to the "non-mnoker" category. Using the same factors in the
regression equation for females met with less success and it yes concluded
that this evidenced a sexually di££erentiated motivation dynamic £n
respect of amekinK behav£our.
Hare recently, the 16 PFQ profiles of 229 subjects have been
subjected to a cluster analysis to yield eight clusters of subjects.
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The sample included male and female smokers, ex-smokers, and non-smokers
and the cluster sizes ranged from 20 co 39, althoush mnoking type was
differentially distributed amongst the clusters. For exmuple,
cluster A (N = 29) contained no female smokers, no female non-smokers and
only two female ex-smokers; siJnilarly cluster 7 (N - 26) contained only
one female subject, an ex-smoker. In contrast, cluster 2 (I~ = 20) conea£ned
only five males, of whom 3 were smokers, and 2 non-smokers. Of the 39
subjects found in cluster $, only four were £mnale, one o£ whom was a
smoker. The significance of smoking type and •ex distributions be~een
clusters has not been assessed, nor has the cohesion of cluster meubersh£p
been assessed. C1marly it ~r~11 be necessary to establish" ~he independence
of the smok£ng type factor in relat£on to sex d£fferences before it can
be concluded that this analys£s is not merely demonstrating the previously
noted differentiation of sex by pereonaliey trait measurlment.
It vould seem appropr£ane that some further analysis of the ava£1able
data be connnissloned. This would involve the application of discrlmlnant
analysis Co the cluster populations to assess the significance of smoking
type and sex d£scribuclons ~r£ch£n and between clusters. Also, should
the opporcun£zy arise. • future study aimed ac correlati~ the personal£cy
cluscet profiles o£ smokers ~'ithin Ohm "s~oklng behaviour" cluster profiles
yielded by the HcF~nnall approach, using a larger, external smnple would
offer an inCeresclng insight into the relationships between smoking
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behaviour, smokins t~/pology, and personality. Such • synthesis of the
personality trait and smoking type approaches m~ght be ach£eved in the
followin~ way. At the time o£ collection of Mclf~unell questionnaire
data, respondGnts are additionally required Co complete one form of
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the 16 PFQ. Zndependent cluster analyses are undertaken on both sets
of data, and the mean personality profiles of the clusters iden:ified
from the McKenne11 questionnaire data are additionally computed. If
the assumption that personality determines smoking motivation is valld,
at least in siEnlficant part, some correspondence between the independently
determined personality cluster profiles and the personality profiles of
Chose comprising the specific smoking types should be found. Since there
are increasinK indications that male and female smokers are differentially
motivated, ic would be important to constitute a sample comprising both
S exes.
If the hypoChesissd relationship is found to exist, further confidence
in the McKenneI1 C3~oLoEywould be established and the prospect of
further refining personal£tyaeasuring procedures might be reconsidered.
To date, the personality studies have suffered a lack of testable
hypotheses wh£1st the McKennell typoloKy can be critic£sed for heine
superficial, lackinj acknowled@ement of fundmnanCal indivldual difference
effects.
More generally, two questions arise in relation to the personality
approach to smoklnsmotlvatlon. Firstly, how profitable is an enquiry
seekins to isolate by such methods differences between smokers and
non-smokers? Secondly, is the value of such an enquiry 8ufficienciy
demonstrated by the results obtained in these instances to warrant
the expenditure of further effort in chls direction? Before aCcempclng
Co enswer these questions ic i8 worthwhile considering the nature and
design of such research and noting Dunn's (lO) analysis of methods
traditionally employed in studies of smokinE motivation.
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Host of the research in the psycholor/ of smoking has been directed
towards differentiating smokers from non-smokers, co--only usinK measures
of personality or behavioural trait, and the determination of the
siKnificance of any differences found. Dunn lists fourteen personality
trait studies (as well as ten life style, five morpholoK£cal trait, and
five demographic characteristics studies) in which smokers and non-smokers
have been distinguished. All chase differentiations were achieved by
ex post facto methods, defined as researches "in which the independent
variable or variables have already occurred and in which the researcher
starts with the observation o£ • dependent variable or variables ....
(and) ....
then studies the independent variables for their posslble-relatfons to and
effects on the dependent variable of variables" (el, p.360).
This procedure is fundamentally different from the true exper~Jnentalist
approach where it is hypothesised: If x, then Z (i.e. x ÷ ~). The
variable x is manipulated and its effect on Z is observed (c.v. the
ex post facto procedure tn which ~. is observed and a retrospective
search for x follows). The lack of control of the independent variables
is an inherent weakness of the ex post £act:o approach and consequently
the researcher adopting ~his method mus~ accept the l~=itacions Lmposad
upon the interpretation of his results. Host recent researches, including
those reviewed above, hays tended to ass~e an ~ -~ ~ relationship and
to attribute differences in Z (smoking/non-smoking) to differences in
x__ (personality factors). Smith (12) noted that the accuracy of classification
(smoker or non-smoker) in the literature tenses from 5OX (chance) to about
6OZ (for N ~ 1OO, p (60Z) m 0.O5) when univariate a~alytic me~hods are
~ed. Using multivariate methods, SULith (13) increased classification
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• ccur•cy to 66Z and 79X for two samples. In this context, the B-A.T.
results noted earlier are encouraKinE 81thouKh it must be remembered
that the derived equations have not been applied to an independent
sample.
I= is no= possible, however, by such methods to explain differences
in smokinE hehaviour but merely to note the viability of the classification
procedures adopted and which should offer leads resarding the motivational
determinants of smoking. Thus it ks essential to note the very real
implicit constraints associated with the ex post fa~o procedure
regardinE the level of conclusion which can he reached.
Thus, in answer to the first question, it must be comcluded that
the differential smoker/non-smoker approach ks of value only if the
limitations on inference are clurly understood. Znsofar as the
products of ex post fro=to procedures may point to testable and
controllable experiments, one must concur with Dunn (10) that "the
smokerlnon-smokar desIEn shall coutimue to be • potential source of
leads as Co the dete~Lnants of smoking".
In considerinK whether the results obtained in this area at
Group R. & D. Centre wazTanc further effort belns applied, it is impossible
co ignore the severe I/aLLtStions placed upon the researchers by the inherent
statistical weaknesses of the available subject sample. Those previous
researchers elsewhere which have shown reliable associations between
smokinK habit and traits of personality have tTpically used samples of
much steerer size and controlled representativeness than those used
here. Those conductini the B-A.T. personality studies have been very aware
that the in-house samples employed ere neither sufficiently large nor
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satisfactorily selected for the results to be of any senerallty.
Therefore, whilst the products of this particular programne may seem
to be encourasin$, they can only tentatively suggest relationships
which tr~ll demand the exercise of much sreater sample control before
chair validity, let alone their reliability, can be demonstrated. Insofar
as the possible peculiarities of the particular samples selected cannot
be assessed with any rLsidity, the results in terms of usable predictive
data must remain speculative. Nevertheless, resardless of the quality
of the data, the methods developed in thls area are sound and should not
pass without acknovledE~nt of the considerable intellectual effort
expended in their development.
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Apart from their independent applic&Cion in re~aCion to the muoker/
non-smoker Cypoloslcal acudles d~scussed above, personality data hs
been used in both the product perception and ~G studies, under which
heads they will be d~scussed further.
2.2 PsTchomocor and Performance Studies
In this section, two separate i~vestisations ~1I be dlscuaeed.
F~rstly. the psychomotor performance of smokers and non-smokers; secondly,
visilance and sisnal decectlon studies.
2.2.1 P|Tchomocor performance
An investieation of the p~chomoCor performance of smokers and
non-smokersp us/~S the Gibson Spiral Pease. ~s included in the
smoklng moc£vatlon programme and involved 348 subjects drawn mainly
from Group R. & D. Centre. Comprehensive details of the apparatus
and mxpar£mencal procedure can be found elsewhere (14).
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Using a multiple regression technique, it was established that
smoking habit, sex add a6e, each had a significant effect on the
performance of the task, defined in terms of t~ne taken to complete
the maze and ez-ror score. It was concluded that smokers have a
lower psychomotor efficiency than non-smokers. Since extraverts tend
to be less efficient in psychomotor performance than introverts, and
smokers tend to be more extraverted than non-mokers (15, 16), it
was suggested that the observed differences in performance might be
explained by reference to the difference in chronic arousal level
be~veen smokers and non-smokers, vhich difference is also held to
account for extravert/~ntrovert differences. Uu£or~unately, appropriate
personality data on this large sample was not acquired and therefore
no independent test of the hypothea~8 yes possible.
The possible conclusion that smoking causes the observed decrement
in performance was properly avoided by the researchers who preferred
to invoke an intervening variable, extraverston or level o£ arousal.
The suggestion that the acute ef£ects of smoking (or of smoking
deprivation) UL~ght be investigated by thla method has not been taken
up although results obta£ned using much paradigms might be instructive.
In that case, however, the question being asked would be Leas
specifically relate~ to 8mok£ng motivation and more directed towards
an understanding of the effects of smoke ingestion on psychomotor
performance. The acute e£fects of smoking have been considered in
the application of the siKnal detection task described belov.
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2.2.2 V£1£1ance and s£snal detection
Despite the considerable efforts made to establish a viable
visual vigilance task with ~hich to invesCisate the effects of smoking
on task performance, the results of the experiment reported (17)
demonstrate that the required characteristics of the task could not
be achieved with cha apparatus dasisned and constructed for the
purpose. Thus no useful information reaarding the effects of smoking
on v£j£1auce parfoxlnance era obtained. It ~s the s~ne quJ non of the
viEilance situation that the sisnal to be detected must be barely
discr£u~Lnable from ocher, non-signal, events and should occur
£nfrequently and irresularly over an extensive perio~ of time. The
apparatus used in the experiment was intrinsically too st£mulat£nE,
and produced performance dace which were impossible to analyse in
relation to the original intention.
The "seed advlce", which would have been most appropriate at
the time of the projeccts inception, came only after the "failure"
of the apparatus was clearly evident. ~ot only was the visual cask
too erous£ng, but no account had been taken of the subjects'
personalities or o£ potential rime-of-day effects. Both of these
factors are complexly related to performance in a vigilance cask o£
proven efficacy, although ic has yet to be applied in smoking
research. The test: macer£al is be£ng experimentally evaluated by
the present author and relevant data should be available in ten
months time.
2.3 Product Perception Studies
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described under thls head was undertaken in the service of ocher objectives
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and only latterly has the methodoloKy thereby developed acquired the
specificity implied.
In an attempt to substantiate e particular operational model for
predicting behaviour, the relationship between colour preference and the
16 PFQ primary factors of personality was exa~£ned (9). The quantitative
responses of sixteen individuals to a set of fourteen colours were determined
by comparing each colouz ~rLth every other colouz. For each colour a sec
of sixteen responses was obtained and for one particular colour, a Nulciple
regression analysis of the prafarmace scores on nine of the 16 PFQ factors
yes undertaken. A highly si~niflcant correlation beCveen observed and
calculated response for the sixteen responses to the parei'cula: colour
yes obtained. Unfortunately, only the raKression for one colour ~as
presented and the p=edictive power of that spac££~cation was not tested.
£t would be interesting to compare the weiKhtinK of terms in the equations
for all colour8 in order that the factors relevant to the Keneral judgement
of colour preference might be assessed. Also, the prediction of preference
for a particular colour is= subjects whose persommlity data was not used
in the regression would provide a suitable test o£ the senerellty of the
thesis. Clearly the small sample used to seuerate the reKression equation
would be unllkely to successfully sustain such a comparison. Whether or
not personality data can be used to predict responses to particular
stimuli was only partially dsuonstrated by this exercise.
Us£n8 a similar ex~erf~mtal dasiKn, and employlnK 46 men and women
as subjects, a subsequent study (~8) tnves~isated pre£ertn:es for
tipping lenS~h. AKain it was assumed that the interaction of
persom~llty wlth all the elements of a s~tuation to which an individu&l
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is exposed, is solely responsible for determining the behaviour of chat
individual in that situation. Osing the personality data available for
28 of the subjects partlclpatlns, a stepwise regression of the 16 factors
of the mean preferred tipping length to cigarette length ratio was
undertaken. Again a hiKhly sisnificant correlation between measured and
calculated preference ~rsed. Of the three garters enter£nK into the
£inal reKresalon equation, two (emot£onal sensitivity and social boldness)
derived from the 16 PFQ data, with sex comprising the third component.
Nearly 4OZ of the variability in preference was due eo en~cional
sensitivity which has been reporCed elsewhere (19) to be the most
important single determinant of "aesthetic taste", a d/~n~ion vhich
can be reasonably assumed to be relevant to the judgement required in
the present case. Once more, how@vet, the iim£tat£ons of sample size
have been recoKnised as li~Clng both the precision and Kenerality of
the results.
The results o£ both these perception studies go some way to justify
an application of personality data aLthouah the damanetratione to date
can only suKgest procedures which might be applied in situations where
the limitations on sample size are conslderably reduced. Of themselves,
these results do not adequately substantiate the claim that a knowledge
of personality structure can sufglciently predict behav$our. Whether
or not the future development of these~thods £s justified, the procedures
used to ass@as prm£mrmnce for observable atcrlbute8 og a product are
certainlTworth7 of closer attention.
The procedure employed i8 8 derivation from the classical peLted-
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method is thac sets of pairs of stinuli, or icarus of d£fferent values on
a sinsle continuum, are presented to the subject with instructions to
choose one member of each pair on the basis of some stated criterion.
In soma ways the pelted-comparisons technique i8 the most satisfying of
psychometric methods; it is simple and economical. The i~plication of
finding that the most preferred tipping length for the "B. & H. SPECIAL
FILTER" cigarette is at considerable variance with the actual overwrap
is obvious. St would seem appropriate to further invescijace this, and
other single features of product desiKn, and the interaction between
compos£ce features, to better understand the nature of product preference
as influenced by product perception.
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2.4 Product Preference Research
For the purposes of this report, the subjects considered under
this head relate to "Project WHEAT" vLCh which the author has been
associated only latterly. The project has involved 8 larks scale survey
usLu8 the NcKennell quasCionna£re to classify a sample of male smokers
of U.K. filter-t£pped cisarettes and the collect£on of product preference
dace wlch respect co a ranks of 8pec£ally manufactured cifj~rettes placed
with respondents. It was 8~ (20) that respondents could be cecesorized
into twelve classes accordinK to Che£r angers co the questionnaire and
that a dimension labelled "Inner Need*' could be derived wh£ch was
positively related to cigarette conaumpt£on. Zc was hypothasisad chat
preferred nicotine delivery would be related to Inner Need score when
subjects ware asked to compare a varfety of cigarettes differ£ng in
nlcoc£ne delivery.
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Whilst the results only partially confirmed the hypothesis, an
incerest£ng t~o process model of preference has a~erKed vhich conceives
of Inner Need and a further d£menslon "Concern for Healtht' as ~o orthogonal
par~eters. It is implied that a knowledge of a subject's Inner Need
level, toKether with an index of his Concern for Health, will predict
the deliveries o£ both nicotine and tar which best meet his needs,
although not eli of the possible combinations of tar and nicotine can be
realised within the range of products presently available, or even
technically feasible. Whilst it is acknowledged that such a model is
probably an over-s~npl£fication of consumer dynamics, testable hypotheses
can be derived which, if confirmed, would appear to offer-conslderable
scope for market developnmuC.
To date, Project WHF~T has relied upon the application of standard
procedures incorporating a previously validated tTpological qusst£onnatre.
It is proposed (21) that any subsequent investiKation of the prefe=ence
model could be undertaken with a simplified questionnaire relating to
Inner Need and carefully selected items directed toward Concern for Health.
Clearly, the precision with which an individuales preference can be
predicted from the model vLll be ~ntismtely related to the precision of
the neasurinK instrument, the questionnaire. In this regard, particular
attention will have to be paid ~ the selection of Concern for Health
itm if a precise scale is to be achieved. Given accurate stalin8 of
the component dimensions of the t~o process model, the testing of the
model's predictive validity presents an exciting prospect.
Expe=£ence so far with l~oject ~ZAT has shown that considerable
precision in measurement is required if the rslationsh£ps be:wean the
smoker and the product are to be established vith any useful validity.
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Zt would appear esse~tlel therefore, for any subsequent development of
chat prozrmmne Co be prefaced by adequate preoCest studies in order chat
the maximum gain can he obtained from the field trials. In support of
the product preference researchp several informal pilot and exploratoz-y
studies have been undertaken. These have included: small Stoup interviews,
an application of the semantic differential technique to various cfgareCte
types and related concepts, and an initial investigation of the "poly-
diagnostic" method for application to tobacco products. These activieies
have been undertaken in an attempt to broaded the methodological base
upon which Project WHEAT has proceeded. The results of a simple trial
of the semantic differential will appear elsewhere (22) ~ it would
appear that this, and other psychological techniques may find relevant
application at some future time in one or more of the current areas of
research. The expansion of the repertoire of technlque8 and methods
will allow a greater flexibility of approach in any subsequent proKrsmmes.
Given time and facilities a comprehensive 'kthodI bank" can be established
from which tried and rested procedures could be @xtracned end applied to
future researches both within and irithout the product preference domain.
2.5 Elec~roen~ephalorraphlc Research
Under tb£s head will be discussed two research progresses for
which a knowledge of relevant psychological theory is appropriate.
2.5. I CiKarette smokinK and biofeedback
Preliminary results of a programs to investigate the effect
of smoking on the alpha-wave density of subjects provided with
auditory feedback (23) have shown that different people are
differentially affected by smoking the same brand of cigarette.
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when the effect is defined in ceres of change in level of alpha-~ave
activity. Insofar as subsequent developments of ch£s £nveacLsacion
may elucidate the differences between psycholosical and pharasacological
ef£eccs of 8mokins, a better understand£nK of the smoker's motivation
can be anticipated.
Explanatory models co account for the observed ef£eccs in ceres
of thanks in scare of arousal have been considered. The relationship
be~een EEC components, personality, and arousal rema£ns unclear
although iC should be noted Chat the blological basis of personality
postulated by Zysmnck (24) specifically relates chronic arousal
level with the dimensions of extraversion. The conjunction of
psychological ~nd elecCropbysiolosical research in the biofeedback
progr=mme suKgamCs a concinuin$ demand £or theoretical support £com
the fields of biological and individual different psychology.
2.5.2 EEC a.nd the chronic eggeccs og smok£nz
Kemults from a series of experiments designed Co invesC£Sate the
Ions-care effact:$ of mnokinl (25) have shown chat EEG power is
associated v~.ch sex, ale, personality, and smoking behaviour. Of
the 160 subjects recruited for ch£s aeries, 70 were members of Group
K. a D. Centre sCa£f for 60 of whom EPI end 16 PFq dace ~as available.
These date enabled the 60 subjects £n the latter Stoup co be asaiKned
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Co two Kroups (smoke and non-smoker) fortuitously balanced for
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personality type, in respect of the Eyeenck dimensions, To date, no
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analysis usin$ the 16 PFQ dar~a has been undertaken. ~c has bean found (~
chac neuroc£cimn appears 'r.o ba little reflected in the comprehensive
EEG measurements taken but chac excravers£on correlates welt w~ch
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reduced £~C power. It is clear that personality differences cannot
be ignored in the consideration of EgG dace and therefore a dialogue
between those engaged in this area and those in the mere overtly
psychological researches will be usefully ~ontinued.
2.6 Overview
From the foregoing review it can be seen that the involvement in
"psychological" research has encompassed several of the domains ~rithin
the overall field of psychological enquiry. Without speeialised training
in a complex subject, those engaged in these endeavours have nevertheless
acquired a comendable understanding of the problems inherent in psycholoK4cal
research and it must be concluded that the efforts to da~e have produced
a number o£ interest4ng insights whlch ~ay warrant further ex~nation.
Because their v4ability has been assessed elsevhere, those researches
dealing with product p=e£erence and EEC w41L not be cons4dered further
beyond noting that a relevance oE psycholos£cal methodology attaches to
their further development, along the lines hitherto undertaken. Consequently,
only the future development of the personality research, the performance
studies, and the product perc~ption experiments will be considered here.
Whilst the personal£ty research has provided interesting and
p=ovocative results, it 48 di££icult to recomaend its £urther development
as an independent enquiry w~thln the currently perceived research
objectives. Apart from lacking the generality noted earlier, the potential
of e~ post feces desiBus using personality inventories is limited. It
must be repeated, however, that this conclusion in no way detracts from
the considerable ef£ort end initiative which has been applied to this
work; rather, it acknowledges the tangential role of th4s particular
line in relaeion to the smeklnK motivation prosr~e.
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The foresoing should not be construed as an indictment of personality
studies per st, but as a recognition of the limitations of their applicatlon
in the "smoker/non-smoker difference" approach to an understandinE of
smoking behaviour. As has been noted elsewhere (I0): "If it is an
understanding of the motivational mechanisms that we seek, it would seem
more pertinent were we to focus upon the discrete smoking act and the
attendant phenomena..." In contradistinction to the typical ex post facto
design, the typical physiological research model assumes smoking to be the
independent variable rather than personality trait and the effects of smoking
on the individual are investlgaued in a controlled experimental design.
Dunn's proposed synergistic experimennal model (10) incorporates an
acknowledgement of the potential importance of personality variables but
in a way which is amenable to e~erimenr~al control. That is, levels of
psychological trait or physiological state are manipu~ated or systematlcally
selected and a second independent variable, for example, smoke inhalation,
is introduced. The experimenter then observes the differential effect
on the individual, the dependent variable. Thus the significant relationship
which miKht be found is not between smokinK end measured effect, nor between
trait or state and measured effect, but between the tralt/smokinK interaction
and the measured effect. This is essentially the paradigm currently
applied in the EgG research at Group R. & D. Centre, to which personality
data is appropriately applied.
It should not pass without notice that William L. Dunn is employed
at the Philip Morris gesearch Centre and has puhlically stated the
following questions for further research: (1) By what means can the
motivational relevancy of smoke-induced phys~ologlcal response be
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ascertained?
smoking? (3)
gratification?
(2) What are the mocivationally critical effects of
Will the habit axtLnguish in the absence of physiological
(A) How long must observation be continued in Che absence
of physiological gratification for extinction to occur or to conclude
that extinction will not occur? (5) What is the nature of the motivational
mechanism linking the critical elements within the total smoking act to the
motivationally critical effects of smoklnE?
$nsofar as the current mok/ng motivation programme addresses itself
to some of these questions, it would seem necessary that a proper application
of personality data shall be continued. It would seem prudent to assume
that others are considering the f~ve questloas posed by ~ and that it
would be opportune to assess the w£der ;mplications of this prescription
more closely.
Further consideration of the effects of smoking on psychomotor end
si~£1ar task performance may be thouKht to be the premise of the tobacco
industry as a whole and more properly undertaken by the Tobacco Research
Council or its agents. Nevertheless, a contlnuedmodest conn=/tlnent to
this work at Group g. & D. Centre might benefit the Company insofar as
£twould thereby have some experience~rithwhich to Judge possible future
developments in this &ran. In relation to cut-rant p~oirm8 however, it
must be concluded that such exper/JMmts would be of peripheral Lnterest.
If it is subsequently decided that the acute dfects of smoking on task
performance is an appropriate area for research, the auditory vlgilance
task currently under exm~natioumay prove Co be an appropriate tool.
Turning to the product perception research, one is perhaps moving
away from the fundamentalist orientation demanded by the motivation
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progr~ne and towards the traditional domain of the market researcher.
Whether or not extension of this particular line of enquiry is thought
worth the necessary effort required will be decided in part from
considerations beyond the scope of the present report. However, from a
scientific polnc of view, the demonstrations •re encouraging and offer
considerable scope for further development. The prospect of being able
to quantify throush experiment various aspects of product desiLm is
worthy of further conslder•tion. Since the procedure demands only that
a definable attribute fJ evident to the subject there wou~d appear to be
little intrinsic limit to the product parameters which might be investigated.
In this connect£on, • coznun~lit7 between labor•tory produc~ perception
studies and product preference research is readily apparent; indeed, an
eventual synthesis of the ~wo progrsnnes would appear to be • real
prospect. It will be necessary first to further demonstrate the viability
of the method for a number of other sinsle design dimensions and subsequently
on combinations of dimensions. It may prove to be the case that the
holistlc judgement of • product cannot be predicted from • su~atlon of
the partial judgements elicited in the jingle dimension cases. The
method appears suitable for assessing the relative "~eiEht" of the
component judas•ants and the production of • •pacification equation for
the product may be a distant, but not /~posalble, outcome.
Whatever future place psychololical research comes to occupy at
Group R. & D. Cantra, it can be concluded from this review thec much
useful experience has been recently acquired, in addition to the often
provocative data obtained. Whilst the tangible benefit of these excursions t.~
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expected, the various experiences have no doubt demonstrated the difficulty
of quickly mobilisins a laboratory effort in a complex and nova1 field
of enquiry.
It must be recoSnLsed thac there will be no quick answers to the
questions translated from the overall objectives defined for this work.
Without an explicit comn/cment to psychological research, based upon
a realistic awareness o£ its peculimr nature, any subsequent ventures
will be similarly perceived to be of limited value. It is clear that
psychological research based upon a coherent lonL~-cerm strategy, can be
undertaken at Group R. & D. Centre although some potentially severe
limitations remain. These ere discussed in Sections 3 an~ below.
In conclusion, it must be repeated that the boundaries constructed
around the researches for the purposes of thls report are artificial.
Indeed, the points of overlap and common interest between the research
groups involved is considerable. The researches beinE undertak~ are
not the sole premise of any single expertise or range of experience but
age truly multidisclplln~ry. It is unlikely that the solution of any
of the problems posed will be ettrlbutsble Co any single insight nor will
Chose problems be solved by rigid adherence to traditional orlencatlons.
Rather, progress will be made by the Interplay and cross-fertilization
of ideas from the broadest Intellectual base which can be assembled.
SUS/XCT SELECTZON J~D SAMPLe_ CONTROL
To dace, all the data in connectionwith the personality, per£ormance,
and perception studies have been collected from samples of subjects drawn
from Group R. & D. Centre and, occasionally, Southampton Branch. Whilst
the composition of these samples may hot be • crucial factor in assassins
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the results of the ~vo latter categories of research, the l~nitacions
inherent in seleccin8 in-house groups £o~ the personality studies have
been acknovledged throushouc by those ensaged in this work. Zn addition
to the other limitations obtaining in the personality research, already
noted, the biases potentially incorporated by inadequate sample control
must preclude any general predictive validity attaching co the results
obtained. If the purpose o£ these researches is to provide predictive
statements about a population, than it is imperative thnc the sample
selected for examination wu~t be representative of that population. A
sample can be said to be representative only when it has been dravn
randomly; non-random samples may or may not be representative. The
essential democracy og sample selection has not yet obtained in these
researches and therefore Eeneralisation to the characteristics or relations
between characteristics is, strictly spukin8, not possible. Merely
increaslns the size of a potentially biased sample ~rLll not overcome
these limitations which are particularly acute in any £orm of Cypolo$ical
study.
Where, as in the case of the psychomotor or perception studies,
the dimensions of response are £e~er, simpler, or less wide ransins the
anticipated biases may be less e£fective in disrupt~nK seneralisation
of results and the sample size/error relationship my be mppropr£acaly
applied. Nevertheless, ic is clear that whenever htman subjects are
required for experimental purposes Krest care must be taken w~th sample
selection, with due acknowledsement of the usumptlons beln& made
regarding the particular sample under investigation.
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However willing Group E. @ D. Centre personnel are to volunteer
repeatedly for psychological experiments, it is probable thee their
sood~ll will be quickly exhausted if too great a demand is made on their
co-operatlon. As the available sample thereby becomes smaller, so the
representativeness of those remaining becomes increasingly questionable.
It is doubtful whether the in-house volunteer resource could ~ths~and
a s£Knificantly increased demand which m/Kht arise at some future time.
In consequence, it would prove necessary either to rescrlct the number of
participations per individual durins a specified period, thus reducing the
size of the sample available for any given experiment, or to restrict
the types of experiment undertaken to those in which the "assumptions
reKerdinK representativeness misht be relaxed or be achieved wLth 8 small
sample, necessary due co the progressive distillation of the sample in
response Co excessive demand.
Subject selection end smnple control considerations clearly present
important, end potentially limitinK, factors in the assessment of the
viability of future developments in psycholojlcal studies at Group
K. & D. Centre. Whilst it is not possible to quantify the "elastic limit"
of the present volunteer sample, the consequences of exceeding such e
point must be contemplated since without a reliable and villinK fund of
persons, psycholo$ical research in the laboratory will become an Untenable
enterprise.
One possible resolution of the present and potential future
difficulties, which additionally assists the seneralisation of results,
would be the establishment of an independent extra-mural subject panel.
The statistical l~nitatlons of the current sa~plinK procedures ware
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acknowledged some time ago and the prospect of recrult£ng such a panel
was briefly fnvestigavedo Although there appear to be some difficulties
in £mplementing the scheme, an outline of the proposal can be presented
here.
It was envisaged that a panel of 300 persons would be recruited from
the local population co participate from time to time in experimental
research at Croup R. & D. Centre. The sample would comprise men and women,
aged from 18 to 65 years, who smoke cigarettes and other tobacco products.
The sample would reflect the normal population distribution in the
Southampton (or Southern England) area end subjects would be English
nationals permanently resident in the Southampton area. Respondents
positively agreeing to participate in the scheme would be given a small
incentive and signed-up.
Depending upon the particular requirements of the current research
programs. Stoups of subjects would be assembled to participate in
laboratory experiments. Each subject would receive payment for his or
her participation and all penal members would receive an additional
annual payment or gift for remaining on the panel. Once the initial panel
had been established, subsequent "CoppinL--up" recruitment would take place
from time to time Co restore losses due ¢o drop-out. • When costed in
October 1974, the zecruitmmnt cost. exclusive of incentive paTmmnta Co
respondents was £6 per respondent recruited. Recurrent costa, althouEh
not then detailed, would be directl7 related to utilisation level.
Being able to construct a sample in this way offers advantages of
statist£cal control of the sample and releases in-house personnel
from excessive demands for participation, and would appear co be an
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essential development if a siKnif£cant expansion of laboratory based
psychological research is envisaged, and desirable in any case.
I£, however, the proposition is unacceptable and the present
resources rama£n the sole fund of subjects, it would seam appropriate
to consider how best to maintain an interested and co-operaclve in-house
sample. If the mystery of psychological research could be dispelled
one might be able co anticipate being able, ~r~th judicious planning of
demand, Co retain the enChusi~ o£ the majority of today's volunteers.
4. POSSIBLE FUTUKES
Without a clear understanding of the overall resurch objectives
of Group R. & D. Centre, the author is unable co propose'definitive
recommendations regarding the future development of psychological
studies. It is apparent, however, chat if a requlremeut for ch£s
type o£ research is present, or mcgee in the £ucurs, the current
research group structure is unlikely to satisfy the demand adequately
or e££iciently.
The current erranse~ents, involving extex~al re£eree~ng o£ projects
having a psychological orientation, are probably adequate only for • low
level o£ commitment Co psychological rasurch, kca--ze the in-houJ8
development of an approprLate level of knowledge and experience requires
s considerable investment o£ tlme for learn4nK m novel subject, it seems
unlikely thee the "retraining" of presser staff ~11 be either rapid
enough or sufficiently complete for the apparent dan demand to be met.
For as long as non--speciallst sCa£f are required Co produce hard data
without such an acknovledsmmant o£ the need to learn new skills, the
current arrangements ~'ill inevitably produce only a limited effect.
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Three possible ~utures can be contemplated. Firstly it is
acknovledsed that without specialist staff only a l~nited amount of
"psychological" research can be undertaken and that "good advice" ~rill
be obtained by reference to external consultat£on. Secondly, it is
acknowledged that psychological research will become an increasing aspect
of the overall research progra==~ and that present staff b-ill be allowed
sufficient time and £8ciIities to acquire an adequate knowledge of
psychological theo~ and methodology. Thirdly, it is antLcipated that
psychological research ~r~ll become a sufficiently important aspect of the
overall research progrmume for the appofntment of specialist staff to be
appropriate.
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Since the necessary izrvestlent cannot be guaranteed to produce
8 suitable expertise within a realistic time scale, the second of the
three propositions can be considered an unacceptable compromise. The
graduate statistician would hardly be expected co undertake complex
chemical syntheses, so it seems £ncons£stent that physical or biological
scientists are expected to conduct research much maze appropriate to the
betmvioural scientist. Effectively, therefore, the cho£ce resides
between two alternatives. Either, it is agreed t~t psychological
research vii1 remain a peripheral aspect of the Group R. & D. Centre's
activities, in which ease the current arrangements are adequate; or,
the psTcholosicsl aspects of the research pro~rms are, or vii1 become,
su£flciently important got the acquisition of specialist persouneI to be
appropriate. Vhilst the author is unqualified to judge the exact nature
of future psychological r~search programmes, it is perhaps appropriate
to describe a potential structure which might facilitate involvement in
such work.
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lc is conceived chac a psychological research services group
(PRSG) be established to undertake those aspects of c~rrent research
which require a specialist knovledge of psychology. Tn the first
instance the group would offer a supportive role to both the smoking
motivation and preference progrs~nes vhich could thereby expect to
off-load some of the work asso¢iatedvLth psycholosical data collection
and methodology. Zn addition the PLSG~uld undertake a reuse of pilot
studies in anticipat£on of future demands from established progrn~es and
would be able to continua those researches which have already shotm
some promise. Initially, hovever, the PRSC would offer specialist support
to onsoing research in other Stoups and later be able to ~tiate new
enquiries decermlned from a conslderacion of overall research objectives.
If a future demand £or a greater involvement in psychological
research arose, the PRSCwould be in an excellent position to exploit
ice expertise and could, in time. be expected to assume an increasinsly
/~dependeut research role. By as~ablishin$ such an embryonic group,
independent o£ exist£ng research groups, m considerable flexibility
of operation can be achieved which would additionally bene£it the
eventual incesratiou of results from a umber of enquir£es; for example,
smoking motivation and product preference. Since the PRSG would be
respondin8 initially to demands from current proerms, m valuable lead-ln
period would be obtained be£ore independent projects need be expected.
Also the further discipline end experience which such an axTanSement would
provide could only benefit the w~der considerations o£ an already multi-
disciplinary research effort.
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In su~=~ary, the proposed innovation should enable that which is
currently being done to be dome more efficiently and in greater depth
and, further, allows realistic contemplation of future researches which
otherwise could not be readily •ccomnod•ted within the present structure
or ~anKe of expertise. LYnether such a development is opportune requires
a very careful consideratLon of future research demands; trLthout such an
~nnovation, the ability of Group R. & D. Centre to respond to such demands
rill be severely limited..
5. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOM~(ENDAT~ONS
The fe•sibillty of "psychological" research at Group E. & D. Centre
has been clearly demonstraC•d despite the several constra'~hcs attaching
to the employment of human subjects in labor•tory studies. However, the
labelling of research as "psychological" has been merely • convenient
shorthand for the purposes of th~s report and such demarcation appears
singularly i~approprian• in an area demanding an eclectic, interactive
orientation to problersolving. The traditional ~axonomy of science,
connotatlng boundaries and fostering parochial attitudes, must give way
to a more functional philosophy for applied research in which the problem
defin•~ the discipline needs of •ash subject.
Of the proj•cts considered here, those dealinB with product perception
and with task performance appear worthy of gurthe~ consideration,
although such a judgement wust be qualified by an acknowledgement of
the author's iEnorance of the overall research objectives currently
obtaining. Both the product preference and the EEG studies should
continue to benefit from the consideration of psychological methodolosy
and theory. The integration of several current projects is an eventual
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prospect which should be encouraged by the widest dialogue between
researchers currently engaged in chair separate enquiries.
IC is recc~ended Chat:
The "psychological perspective" is incorporated ~nto any
research involvlns a consideration of human behav~our,
including perhaps progra~es nor considered in the present
review.
2. In the light of current research objectives, and future
research requirements, the value of incorporating full-time
trained psychologist staff is assessed.
3. A long term strategy for the psychological aspects, of smoking
behav£our be adopted.
Researchers be encouraged to seek co~nunalities betwean their
own and others' research in order that the eventual integration
of several, currently independent, progrss be achieved.
5. The most flexible deployment of staff be encouraged, determined
from a consideration of the particular research probl~m in hand.
6. The limitations imposed by the inadequacies of the currently
available subject sample be acknovledsed mad potential
elternanive eouxces be investigated.
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